Over the next five years, the University of Utah Press will be publishing a series of approximately twenty‐five titles on the ethical implications of scientific research. Each volume in the series will address a specific area of research, and will include both detailed accounts of the relevant scientific information and significant ethical analysis. Topics in progress range from genetic engineering, new reproductive techniques, and organ transplantation to geological hazard risk assessment. The series will appear in paperback, with a highly expedited production schedule. For further information or manuscript proposals, contact the series editors, Margaret Battin and Leslie Francis, Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, phone (801) 581–8161.
Feminists Concerned for Better Feminist Leadership is an advocate for the improvement of feminist citizenship and feminist leadership in the community and the population of American women at large. FCBL acts as an open network of feminist colleagues concerned about quality feminist leadership, and has available a feminist educational cassette for interested women. To contact please write: FCBL, c/o Mia Albright, P.O. Box 1348, Madison Square Station, New York, NY 10159.
The Radical Philosophy Association and the Society for the Philosophical Study of Marxism are jointly sponsoring a Philosopher's trip to Nicaragua in mid‐July 1986. Informal discussions with Nicaraguan philosophers and other intellectuals are being arranged. For further information contact Edward D'Angelo, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06602, phone (203) 933–0883.
The Cuban Institute of Philosophy has invited the Radical Philosophy Association and the Society for the Philosophical Study of Marxism to jointly sponsor a Conference on North American and Cuban Marxist Philosophy in Havana, Cuba, January 1987. Philosophers and social scientists and social activists with a philosophical orientation are invited to participate in formal paper sessions and informal discussions. Theme: “Human Being and Social Progress.” Contact Cliff Durand, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21239, phone (301) 243–3118.
The National Women's Studies Association Eighth Annual Convention will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, June 11–15, 1986. For more information write the National Women's Studies Association, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Lesbian Philosophy: Explorations, by Jeffner Allen is available from the Institute of Lesbian Studies. P.O. Box 60242, Palo Alto, CA 94306. Price is $9.95. “A stunning articulation of lesbian consciousness. Jeff‐ner's essays are original, moving and profoundly radical; they bring liberation closer.”—Joyce Trebilcot. Lesbian Philosophy is a significant contribution to radical lesbian theory—simultaneously outrageous and sensitive, critical and poetic.”—Alison Jaggar.
The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love announces a call for papers to be read at its meetings at the Pacific Division APA (March 1987). Papers should be 10–12 pages in length, standard spacing and margins, submitted in duplicate, and prepared for blind reviewing. Enclose SASE if return of paper is desired. Send papers to: Professor Alan Soble, Philosophy Department, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321. Deadline: September 15, 1986.
Membership in the Society for Women In Philosophy is through its regional divisions. For information on membership, which includes program announcements and a subscription to the national SWIP Newsletter, as well as a subscsription to Hypatia, contact:
Pacific SWIP: Executive Secretary Rita Manning, UC San Jose State, San Jose, CA 95192. Treasurer Ruth Doell, San Francisco State University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, 1600 Halloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132. Midwest SWIP: Executive Secretary Clare Bright, Women's Studies, Box 64, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN 56001. Treasurer Carol Van Kirk, 1401 N. 58th St. Omaha, NE 68106. Eastern SWIP: Executive Secretary Kathy Addelson, Department of Philosophy, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063. Treasurer Bett Farber, 10 Jewett Lane, S. Hadley, MA 01075.
The Directory of Women in Philosophy is available from the Executive Secretary in each division. Cost is $2.00.
We wish to thank the many individuals who have contributed their time and expertise to reviewing manuscripts submitted to Hypatia. In addition to our editorial consultants, the following have read for us in the past: Pam Armstrong, Evelyn Beck, Linda Bell, Jann Benson, Elly Bulkin, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Arlene Dallery, Jane Duran, Zillah Eisenstein, Nancy Frankenberry, Marilyn Frye, Joan Gibson, Beverly Harrison, Suzanne Jacobitti, Sara Ann Ketchum, Noretta Koertge, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Joan Leguard, William McBride, Mary Ellen MacGuigan, Mary Mahowald, Lyla O'Driscoll, Christine Pierce, JoAnn Pilardi, Fran‐cine Rainone, Merrilee Salmon, Linda Singer, Holly Smith, Joan Straumanis, Carla Thomas, Alexandra Todd, Terry Winant, Kate Winiger, Joan Whitman, Hoda Zaki.
